Losing weight can be frustrating and sometimes even seem impossible. If you lose a pound and then slip off your diet for even one day, you pay for it by gaining two pounds the next. Diets, however, can be so restrictive and literally leave you feeling starved. They often require special foods that can be hard to find or very expensive and the food tastes like diet food. You can break the cycle by getting the help of a Phoenix nutrition expert, who can show you how to take weight off and keep it from returning. A personal trainer is both an expert in exercise and nutrition and can start you on the road to a healthier, thinner you.

You’ll never diet again.

Diets never work because they always end. Diets, by their very definition, are restrictive and always end, either in success or with a quart of Ben and Jerry’s. People then go back to their old way of eating, which put weight on in the first place. Most of the time, not only do the pounds return, they bring friends with them. The only way to lose weight and keep it off is by changing eating habits and increasing activity. Learning new ways of eating doesn’t mean you’ll eat only foods that taste “healthy” (which really means bland). In fact, many of the foods use herbs and spices to add extra nutrients, so you’ll be eating like a gourmet. The personal trainer shows you how to make food substitutions, such as using Greek yogurt to replace sour cream and you don’t always have to give up your favorite foods, the trainer can help you learn to make them lower calorie and healthier.

Personal trainers also assess your fitness level.

The trainer listens to your special needs, food preferences, and goals. He or she also assesses your fitness level, including all the strength of all muscle groups. The trainer then designs a program specifically for you. The exercise program will challenge you, but still be within your ability.

Personal trainers know the only way to fight fat successfully is with healthy eating habits and regular exercise.

In order to lose weight, you have to eat fewer calories than you burn. Since healthy eating habits can lower your caloric intake and regular exercise increases it, it gives fat a knockout punch. Even better, the longer you exercise the more muscle tissue you build and muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue does, helping you to burn extra calories 24 hours a day.

You’ll sleep better when you exercise. Sleeping sound can help prevent the dragged out feeling in the afternoon that sends you to the refrigerator or vending machine for sweets.
Exercise burns off stress hormones, such as cortisol. Cortisol has been linked to gaining weight around the abdominal area.
You’ll build your stamina and have energy to do other activities that also burn off calories, making weight loss even easier.
Personal trainers not only help you learn new ways of eating and show you how to exercise, they provide powerful motivation to keep you going through the tough spots.